Clock or the like case



Dec. 19, 1933. E. L. CARLSON CLOCK OR THE LIKE CASE Filed March 23, 1932 Patented Dec. 19, 1933 r 'UNITED STATES PATENT Orr-1 cmv CLOCK OR THE LIKE CASE poration Application March 23, 1932. SerialNo. 600,661

and/or dial-plates and movement-mounting plates are assembled in substantially-unitary arrangement with the bezels.

The object of theinvention is, primarily, to

provide a means, preferably integral with the bezel, whereby the crystal and othera ssociated' parts mentioned may be assembled in and held in fixed relation to the bezel, thereby making necessary very few parts to complete the assembly, and thus'providing for readyiand 'easy as sembly of the parts and the low manufacturing cost incident thereto.

Having the foregoing in mind, the invention contemplates the combination in an assembly of the character mentioned ofalbezel-element ineluding a rim and a flange, the flange offstanding from therim substantially normal theretoand provided with a plurality of incisions forming lugs, these lugs being capable of beingbent substantially radially inward in contact with one of the members associated with the crystal to hold all of the members in fixed relation to the rim 10f the bezel andto each other, the faces or edges of the '-lugs in contact'with the member upon which they bear being preferably. inclined insuch manner that when they are progressively bent radially inwardly they will exert upon the -.Tcrystal and its associated members a progressively increasing pressure, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained and finally claimed.

Inthe accompanying drawing: Fig. 1 is a fragmentary central vertical sec- 40I1'tiona1 elevation illustrating a clock-case embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side view of the clock-case, with a part of the clock-movement-enclosing member of the case broken +Iiaway;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional elevation similar to the lower portion of Fig. 1,

shaped body 2. Associatedwith'this member is the bezel-elementcomprising, essentially, a rim 3 having, preferably formed integral with it, an offstanding flange 4 arranged substantially normal to .the rim 3 and-inset sufliciently from the 5 edge thereof to provide a shoulder .5 against which the edge of the body 2 may'abut when the flange l of the bezel-element is telescoped intoit. I

Mounted within the flange 4' of the bezel,'and arranged to'bear against the rim '3 thereof, are the usualcrystal 6, dial 7 and dial-plate '8 and a mounting-plate 9 appropriately formed to support thefront and back movement-plates 10 and I 11, respectively, which carry the usual clockmovement, not shown. 'In the embodiment illustrated in-thedrawing, the dial 7 and dial-plate 8 are shown as twoseparate elements 3 the dial 7" being represented :as"a*pa per or other-appro priate disk bearing the dial indicia, andpref arably affixed, as by" pasting or other appropriate means, to the dial-plate 8, although it need not, necessarily; be so aflixed. I The-flange 4 of the bezel-element is-provided at appropriate intervals around its peripheryso with suitably-formedincisions bywhich are produced a suitable-plurality of lugs 12, herein shown as three in number, which are bendable substantially radially inward into engagement with the exposed rear surface of the m'olf ntingfplate 9to hold the crystal, dial, dial-plate "and mounting-plate in fixed relation relatively to each other and to the bezel, so that all of these parts, along with the clock-mechanism, may be removed, with the bezel, from the clock-case 96' proper as a unit. v e

As shown particularly in Figs. '1, 2 and 3, the bendable lugs 12 are so cut out that their edges 13, which will after bending bear against M the mounting-plate 9, are of inclined or camlike contour. By virtue of this contour the lugs 12 will, as they are bent radially inward relatively to the mounting-plate 9, exert a progressive camming action upon this plate and therethrough upon. the dial-plate 8, dial '7 and 160 crystal 6 to progressively force these parts, with gradually increasing pressure, against the rim 3 of the bezel, thus; in a sense, securely wedging these parts against the rim 3 and within the bezel, and holding them thereagainst and therein firmly and securely to thus prevent undesired movement or themrelatively to the bezel and toeach'other. T Obviously, dueto the, formation and arrangement oitlie 12, the partsheld in the bezel llO t ereby may be removed they present no projections which protrude beyond the outer periphery of the flange 4, and

thus present no obstructions against which the body 2 of the case proper will strilge when the, case and bezel-element are telesco together,

It will thus be seen that," by ny ention, there is provided a very simple? cheapandeffi'- oient means for assembling the related parts mentioned, the structure 'andtoperationoi the; lugs, particularly, presenting advantages over, anything of a similar nature now known' Various. han es and mq i at s re; stic "sewn-me e wr te. enim sfia' the copef'of'.theffpllowingclaims;

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